If you sell war as liberation, you owe a plan for the morning after. Talks were still happening days before the Feb. 28 strike, and now diplomacy has been replaced by bombs and a hope. Removing leaders may feel decisive, but it also dissolves the one thing you need for stability: a chain of responsibility on the other side. People say 'imminent threat' and demand trust as if trust were a tax, then act surprised when the story fractures. The moment Hormuz is threatened, everyone learns how fragile 'precision' really is, because markets punish the innocent first. A serious state uses force as a last resort, not as an audition reel. This will end when both sides find a ladder down, and ladders are built with negotiations, not slogans.